cavaler
\ka.va.le\
The verdict
“cavaler” is uncommon French (frequency #95,672 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,672
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courir en tous sens, ne jamais être immobile, ne pas avoir de repos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.va.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cavaler” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cavaler is uncommon French at frequency #95,672 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.va.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cavaler has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cavaler, spelled C-A-V-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Courir en tous sens, ne jamais être immobile, ne pas avoir de repos.
- 2Être en cavale, en fuite.
- 3Mener une vie de débauche, rechercher les aventures amoureuses. → voir cavaleur
- 4Partir, filer, prendre la fuite, se sauver, s’évader.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cavaler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-V-A-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.va.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.